Ann Coulter Thinks People With Foreign Accents Can’t Critique America

The right-wing political pundit took to Twitter to mock CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria’s “thick Indian accent” and triggered online backlash.

Controversial conservative commentator Ann Coulter sparked a fierce Twitter storm on Sunday when she suggested that only those born in the United States or those with a local accent can share opinions on what it means to be an American.

Her bigoted comments were directed toward CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria and Australian guest Danielle Pletka, the vice-president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

I like hearing CNN's Fareed Zakaria ask in a thick Indian accent, "What kind of America do we want to return to?"

Considering Coulter staunchly supports Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the man who has called Mexicans rapists (twice), has thrown out African Americans from his rallies and proposed banning Muslims from entering the country, her racist rhetoric is worrisome but not at all surprising.

The right-wing political analyst also made headlines last week after she called Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s refusal to endorse Trump “a public suicide more than a mistake.”

“The entire Republican Convention just booed him. He has no hope. Every place he ever goes, everyone around him hates him,” she told My Northwest.com’s Jason Rantz. “His only hope was tying his wagon to Donald Trump, which I would have guessed he was going to do. This is the one bar bet I would have lost this year. If you’d have said, who endorses Trump first, Rubio or Cruz? I would have said, Cruz, not likable but he’s crafty. No, he is not so crafty, he is bitter, bitter, bitter.”